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J. BUNN. CIGAR WRAPPING MACHINE.

No. 601,411. Patented 11811229, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.,

JOHN BUNN, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE BUNN OIGAR ROLLING MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ClGAR-WRAPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,411, dated March l29, 1898. Application filed February 19, 1897. Serial No. 624,161.l (No model.)

To all whom t may.; concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BUNN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Wrapping Machines; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention has particular reference to that part of cigar-making machines for applying the wrappers to the bunches, and has for its object, first, to provide the header of the wrapper-stretcher table with means for giving it a universal adjustment and thereby adapting it to fit cigars of avariety of forms; second, to provide awrapper-stretcher roller which as-the wrapper is being applied to the cigar will be adjusted-t0 the shape of the cigar at all points automatically; third, to increase the field of adjustment ofthe pastetube and to provide one which will form a part of the cavity for the end of the cigar when soft instead of hard bunches are being.

rolled; fourth, so to improve the construction of the means for cutting a nick in the end of the wrapper as that the latter will more perfectly lit soft bunches than heretofore; and these objects are accomplished by the construction of my invention hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed ont in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the part of the machine to which my invention relates,`showing in full lines the position of the swinging table and wrapper-stretcher roller-at the beginning of the operation of wrapping the bunch and in dotted lines the position of said parts at the end of said operation, and also showing in dotted lines the parts concealed by the edge of the swinging table. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the wrapper-stretcher table and parts carried thereby. Fig. 3` is a transverse section on the line m fr of Fig. l, showing more particularly theconstruction of the wrappernicking devices. Fig. 4 is a view, partly in 'the machine.

section, showing the means for adjusting the wrapper-table vertically and also for permit- .ting it to be turned. Fig. 5 is a detail end view looking toward the recess for the reception of the end of the cigar, and Fig. 6 is` a detailed view showing the plate 26.

The same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in each figure of the drawlngs.

1 designates the wrapper-stretcher table, the header end of which is formed withan elongated slot 2 and provided on its under side with a plate 3, having a depending sleeve 4, which is received within an opening 5, formed in the upper end of the standard 6, which forms one end of the main frame of An adjusting-screw 7 extends through said slot 2 and sleeve 4 and has a threaded" engagement with the latter and bears against the lower wall of said opening 5. A horizontal screw 8 extends into thestandardl and engages the sleeve 4, which holds the table above in any desired adjusted position.` The plate 3 is formed with an elongated slot 9, extending in a direction similar to that of slot 2, through which projects a screw-bolt 10, having a nut 11, the two opposite sides of the nut engaging the walls of a groove 12, formed in the under side of said plate, whereby it iskept from turning. It will be seen that after the screw 8 is loosened the table may be adjusted up or down by turning the screw 7 or swung in or out upon said screw as a pivot and also that it may be adjustedlaterally on saidV plate, by hand or by tapping it with a suitable implement, when the screw 10 is loosened.

13 designates the roller of the wrapperstretcher, similar to that shown in my application, Serial No. 611,495, filed November 9, 1896. This roller is tapered, and one of its ends is journaled in afiange projecting from the contiguous end of a bar or plate 14, while its other end is received within a recess formed in a flange l5, projecting from said plate. This plate 14 is pivoted near itsrnost remote end from the header end' of the stretcher-table, as shown at14, and its other end is lformed with ani opening l5, into which a stop-pinll6 projects from said table. In operation said plate is caused automatically to turn upon its pivot IOO ing table 17, usually employed in these maf chines, is used to swing the plate 14 inwardly.

The inner edge of the swinging table 17 engages the flanges at the ends of said plate, as shown in Fig. 1, and a at bent spring 18, secured at one end to the table 1 and having its other end engaged with a pin 19, depending from the pivoted end of said plate 14, op-

erates to press the free end of said plate toward said swinging table and automatically to return it to its original position when the latter has been swung back `after the bunch has been wrapped.

,The header end of the wrapper-stretcher.

table 1 is formed with a recess'O, of a shape similar to -that of one-half the smaller end of a cigar, and is provided with a laterally-extending' hollow bearing 21, through 'which projects loosely a sliding bolt 22, which is provided with a spring 23, that operates to press said bolt outward. The inner end of this bolt is preferably provided with a plate 24, which is subjected to the pressure of a coilspring 41, seated on said table 1 and bearing against the end of said plate, and to it is attached by a spring-hinge 25 the upper end of a plate 26, having an opening 27, forming the outlet for the paste. This plate 26 is of a curved shape to adapt it to form, with the recess 20, the conical cavity for shaping the smaller end of the cigar, and it will be 4seen that by reason of vthe provision of the spring.-

pressed bolt and spring-hinge it will be yieldingly heldtoward the wall of said cavity and tightly against the side of the end of the cigar or bunch and making the cavity adjustable to the size of the bunch desired. This is especially desirable in the rolling of soft bunches. Extending from the plate 26 is a tube 27, to which the rubber tube commonly used for conveying the paste from the pastereceptacle is attached, and said paste flows to the plate 26 through said tube '27 and issues to the head of the bunch through the opening 27 in the plate. The header end of the wrapper-stretcher table is further provided with a longitudinally-movable bolt 28, normally held upward by a spring 29. This bolt extends Athrough the table, and its lower end is provided with a laterally-projecting pin 30, which extends into slots 31and 32, formed in the ends 33 and 34 of cutting-blades 36 and 37. These blades are approximately L- shaped and are arranged one upon the other in the relative positions shown best in Fig. 3, so that the slots therein will diverge when the blades are in their normal positions. They are pivotedvat their bends upon the pin 35,which is secured to the rear part of the table 1. Obviously pressure applied by the thumb of the operator to the upper end of said bolt 28 depresses the same and causes said pin 30 to traverse said slots 31 and 32, thereby turning the cutting ends 36 and 37 of the blades toward each other and forming a shear cut or nick near the end of the wrapper as it approaches on the roller 13. This is done just as the operation of winding the wrapper onto the bunch is about being completed, as it is found in Winding soft bunches the wrapper nicked before it is put on the table does not usually it, as there is always more or less stretching of the wrapper in winding.

The spring 29 operates automatically to return the sliding bolt and cuttersV to their original positions when pressure on the said bolt I is removed. In order to guide said bolt in its movements, its lower end is formed with a longitudinal groove 38, which receives the lend of the guide-pin 39, and in order to limit the extent of movement of the blades in opening a stop-pin 4 0 is larranged to engage the lower end 33 of the blade 36 when the blades have opened the required distance.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided a cigar-wrapping mechanism having very important advantages, and while I prefer the detail construction of the parts such construction to be best adapted to accomplish the several ends in view, yet I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as many ofthe details may be changed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. In a cigar-machine, the combination of the wrapper-stretcher table, having a depending sleeve, the standard having an opening receiving said sleeve, an adjusting screw threaded into said sleeve and bearing upon the lower wall of said opening, and means for holding the table inl adj usted position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the wrapper-stretcher table, having an elongated slot near one end, a plate having a similar slot and provided with a depending sleeve, a standard having an opening receiving said sleeve, an adj listing-screw bearing upon the lower wall of said opening and extending through said sleeve and the slot in the table, means extend- IOO IIO

ing through the slot in the plate for securing the same to the table, and'means for secur- 4. In a cigar-wrapping machine, the combination with the standard having a cylindrical opening, of the wrapper-stretcher table having a cylindrical sleeve projecting into said opening, the sleeve being formed internally with screwthreads, and a threaded screw passing through said sleeve and having its lower end engaged with said standard,

whereby the table may be turned upon the screw as a pivot and adjusted vertically by turning said screw within the sleeve, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a cigar-machine, the combination of the wrapper-stretcher table, a plate pivoted near one end thereto, and the stretcher-roller carried by said plate, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a cigar-machine, the combination of the wrapper-stretcher table, a plate pivoted near one end thereto, the stretcher-roller carried by said plate, the swinging table engaging said plate and operating to turn the same uponA its pivot in one direction as the wrapping progresses and a spring for holding the free end of said plate against saidswinging table, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a cigar-machine, the combination of the adjustable table, the pivoted plate carried thereby, and the stretcher-roller carried by said plate, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination ofthe pivoted adjustable table the pivoted plate carried thereby, the stretcher-roller carried by said plate, and means for holding said table in adjusted position, as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination of the adjustable table, means for holding the same in adjusted position, the pivoted plate carried by said table, the stretcher-roller carried by said plate, and the swinging table for pressing the said table inward as the wrapper is wound on the bunch, as and for the purpose set forth.

l0. The combination of the wrapperstretcher table, the plate pivoted near one end thereto and having flanges at its end, the stretcher-roller supported by said flanges, and the stop-pin for limiting the movement of said plate, as and for the purpose set forth.

ll. The combination of the stretcher-table, a hollow bearing at the header end thereof, a spring-pressed bolt j ournaled in said bearing, and the paste-tube carrying a plate connected with said bolt, as and for the purpose set forth.

12. The combination of the stretcher-table, havinga recess with curved walls at its header end, and provided with a hollow bearing projecting from the latter, a spring-pressed bolt j ournaled in said bearing, and the paste-tube carrying a curved plate connected with said bolt and forming one side of said recess, as and for the purpose set forth.

13. The combination with the wrapperstretcher table, having a recess with curved walls at its header end and provided with a hollow bearing projecting from the latter, a spring-pressed bolt j ournaled in said bearing, and the paste-tube having a platelcurved. op-

positely to that of said recess and forming therewith the cavity for the smaller end of the bunch, said plate being connected with said bolt by a spring-hinge, as and for the purpose set forth.

14. The combination with the wrapperstretcher table, having a recess with curved Walls at its header end and provided with a hollow bearing projecting from the latter, a spring-pressed bolt j ournaled in said bearing, and having a plate at its inner end, the spring bearing against said plate, the paste-tube having a plate curved oppositely to that of said recess and forming therewith the cavity for the smaller end of the cigar, and a springhinge connecting said plates together, as and for the purpose set forth.

l5. The combination with the Wrapper-y stretcher table, of the nicking-blades pivoted thereto, and a sliding bolt connected with said blades and forcing both of the same toward each other, as described.

16. The combination with the Wrapperstretcher table, of slotted pivoted blades on the header end thereof, and a longitudinallymovable bolt having a pin projecting into and traversing the slots in said blades so as to move the same simultaneously toward each other, as and for the purpose set forth.

17. The combinationl with the wrapperstretcher table, of slotted pivoted blades on the header thereof, a longitudinally-movable bolt having a pin projecting into and traversing the slots in said blades so as to move the same simultaneously toward each other,

and aspring pressing said bolt upward, as set forth.

18. The vcombination with the wrapperstretcher table, of slotted pivoted blades on the header end thereof, a lon gitudinally-movable bolt having a pin projecting into and traversing the slots in said blades so as to cause the same to be moved simultaneously toward each other, said bolt having a longitudinal groove, a stationary guide-pin pro- IOO IIO

jecting into said groove, and a spring pressing said bolt upward.

19.v The combination of the wrapperstretcher table having a recess with curved walls in its header end, a spring-pressed plate curved oppositely to said recess and forming therewith the conical cavity for the end of the cigar, the pivoted nicking-blades and means for forcing said blades simultaneously toward each other.

20. The combination with the Wrapperstretcher table, having a recess with curved walls in its header end and provided with a hollow bearing projecting from its said end, a plate curved oppositely to that of said recess, a sliding bolt carrying said plate and extending through said bearing, and means for forcing said plate yieldingly toward the wall of said recess, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

2l. The combination with the wrapperstretcher table, having a recess with curved Wallsin its header end, and provided with a, for the tip of the cigar, substantially as den ro hollow bearing projecting from its said end,` scribed.

a spring-pressed bolt extending through said In testimony whereof I ztiX my signture bearing, a spring-pressed plate secured to the in presence of two Witnesses.

inner end of said bolt, and a1 second plate attaehed to said first-mentioned plate by a JOHN BUNN' spring-hinge and curved oppositely to the i Witnesses: wall of said recess, said second plate, eon- ALEX. CUMMING,

jointly With said recess, forming the cavity A. W. CUMMING. 

